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Konyshev Valery Saint-Petersburg State University Existing indexes of city development: City development index (CDI), Smart city development (SCD), The global cities index (GCI), Global economic power index (GEPI), Global power city index


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Konyshev Valery Saint-Petersburg State University

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Existing indexes of city development:

City development index (CDI), Smart city development (SCD), The global cities index (GCI), Global economic power index (GEPI), Global power city index (GPCI), Global city competitiveness index (GCCI)

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193 countries adopted 17 Sustainable Development Goals to be achieved by 2030

  • No poverty, zero hunger
  • Good health and well-being
  • Quality education
  • Gender equality
  • Clean water and sanitation
  • Affordable and clean sources energy
  • Employment and economic growth
  • Industry, innovation and infrastructure
  • Reduced inequalities between cities
  • Sustainable cities and communities

Susutainable Development Solution Network (2016) http://unsdsn.org/resources/publications/us-cities-sdg- index-consultation/

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  • Uneven distribution of resources and remoteness from the

main transport routes;

  • Narrow specialization;
  • Insufficient adaptation to market conditions and to the

innovative activity;

  • Low productivity in industry;
  • Mainly raw material export;
  • High energy costs;
  • Insufficient infrastructure;
  • Significant investment risk;
  • Unfavorable demographic situation.

State involvement is obligatory condition of sustainability

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Partnership for International Research and Education (PIRE): U.S. + Canada + Denmark/Greenland + Norway + Russia https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_I D=1545913. Methodological problems:

  • Availability of empirical data
  • Measurement problems
  • Adjusting of indicators to local conditions
  • Historical dimension of sustainable development
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ECONOMIC DIMENTION OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

  • Remoteness/transportation
  • Is the community connected by road or rail to major urban

centers? (yes, no)

  • If a coastal community, number of months when port is ice-

free

  • If not connected by permanent road or ice-free port, is there

ice-road and/or barge access?

  • Cost of round-trip air travel to major urban center